SAN DIEGO – Returning favorites, important debuts by exciting American artists, bold new productions, and staged works that explore the relevance of opera in the 21st century are all part of San Diego Opera’s 2016-2017 Season.
The Company will continue to present three mainstage operas at the San Diego Civic Theatre, but this season has shifted one production to a Fall performance, Gioachino Rossini’s La Cenerentola (Cinderella), which will take place in October. The Company has announced the Detour series, a continuing series of exciting performances that this season includes Soldier Songs and La tragèdie de Carmen at The Balboa Theatre.
“Starting this season, San Diego Opera will present one mainstage opera in the Fall. Doing this enables the Company to have a presence in the community outside of winter and spring, which has traditionally been known as ‘opera season’ in San Diego. By presenting one mainstage opera during this time, it puts infrastructure in place that will allow us to present a variety of works under consideration for future seasons, making San Diego Opera a year-round presence in the community. Moving a mainstage opera out of what has traditionally known as opera season is not unprecedented for us; the Company held the very successful summer Verdi Festival for years in the late 70’s and 80’s,” shares San Diego Opera General Director David Bennett.
Two Giuseppe Verdi operas, Falstaff (February) and La traviata (April) round out the mainstage offerings at the San Diego Civic Theatre. Three special events enhance the season including the season kickoff in September with famed tenor Piotr Beczala in recital at the Balboa Theatre. The Company will also invite audience members to explore different styles of opera and how they can be presented when the Company presents the West Coast premiere of David T. Little’s multimedia event Soldier Songs (November), a work that traces the shift in perceptions of war as a man ages from a child, to a soldier, to a father. Soldier Songs will be performed at the Balboa Theatre. The Company will also present Peter Brook’s chamber opera La tragèdie de Carmen (March), a distilled version of Bizet’s classic opera Carmen. La tragèdie de Carmen will be performed at the Balboa Theatre.
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